- This guide assumes you want to build the Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) editor from source in order to get a Windows Unreal Engine 5 Editor to share with a team or studio
- This was writen with the absolute minimum build requirements for our team to avoid taking more disk space and compile time than needed - please modify to fit your needs.
- Keep in mind that, as of writing, I have little experience with the Unreal build tools, I'm simply documenting what worked for me.
- Also see this excellent blog post especially if you are building Unreal Engine 4 (UE4): https://www.edwardbeazer.com/unreal-installed-builds-rocket-buids/
- If you do not have it already, download git bash. https://gitforwindows.org/
- Get access to the unreal source repo by following this guide: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/ue4-on-github
- Install Visual Studio 2019 on the C:\ drive for UE5 (Visual Studio 2017 for ue4)
- Make sure to install the desktop c++ components, windows sdk (current version should be selected by